Anchor.



C. W. EDWARDS.

ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4. I914.

1,137,745. Patented May 4, 1915.

Inventor W't s s l 1 I: by I 1 I I Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

CHARLES WILLIAM EDWARDS, 0F MAQUOKETA, IOWA.

ANCHOR.

Application filed March 4, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. Eo wARDs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Maquoketa, in the county of Jackson and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Anchor, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to anchors, and especially those foranchoring fence posts, telegraph and telephone poles, and the like, tothe soil.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an anchor of thenature indicated, which will be of improved and unique structure,whereby the same may be embedded or implanted in the soil, without thenecessity of digging a hole in the soil, as is necessary with commonanchors.

As a more specific object, the present invention aims to provide ananchor embodying a member adapted to be driven into the soil, or objectto which the anchor is to be applied, in connection with a second memberassembled with the aforesaid member in a unique manner, whereby when thesecond member is driven, the same will provide a hook or prong engagingthe soil in such a manner, as to lock the anchor in place.

The present invention comprehends the provision of an anchor of thecharacter specified, which will be comparatively simple and inexpensivein construction, which may be normally assembled in such condition, thatit may be readily transported or handled with the parts intact and incondition for driving, which may be readily driven into the soil, andwhich will be simple, convenient, serviceable, practical and efficientin its use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a side elevation of theanchor showing the parts as assembled for ship- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented May 4, 1915.

Serial No. 822,419.

ment and preparatory to driving, portions being broken away. Fig. 2 isanother elevation of the anchor, taken at right angles to the line ofview of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental detail illustrating thedeflecting anvil and the lower end portion of the key or locking bar.Fig. 4 is a side eleyation of the anchor as applied to the s01 Incarrying out the present invention, there is provided a flat anchor bar1, of relatively rigid or stifi" material, the same being relativelythick and wide, and being adapted to be driven into the soil. The lowerend of the bar 1 is sharpened, to facilitate the driving of the bar intothe soil. An upwardly projecting tongue 2 is struck from the bar 1,adjacent its lower or sharpened end, and this tongue 2 is bent on acompound curve, to provide a deflecting anvil 3 upon the inner side ofthe tongue, the tongue 2 being struck from the bar 1, providing anopening or passage 4 adjacent the deflecting anvil 3. The tongue 2 isrelatively rigid or substantial so as to be unyielding to the strains towhich it is subjected. The anchor embodies a second flat bar 5, which isrelatively thin and narrow, and which normally rests against one side ofthe anchor bar 1. The bar or strip 5, which constitutes the key orlooking ele ment, and the anchor bar 1, are provided with aliningapertures 6 adjacent the upper ends of the bars, and a wire or bindingelement 7 is engaged through the apertures 6, and is wound around theupper end portions of the bars 1 and 5, to normally maintain the bars inproper assembled condition. The removable wire or binding element 7holds the upper ends of the two bars together, to thereby preventrelative longitudinal movement between the said bars, and to hold thelower end of the bar 6 in engagement with the anvil 3.

The lower end portion of the bar 5, is malleable or bendable, and thelower extremity of the said bar is sharpened and bent slightly, as at 8,to engage the deflecting anvil 3 and partially enter the opening 4.Thus, the lower end portion of the locking bar 5 is maintained inoperative relation with the anvil and opening, which, in connection withthe temporary locking or holding means 7, retains the locking or key bar5 in assembled condition with the anchor bar 1. The upper end of thelocking bar 5 projects above the upper end of the anchor bar 1, when thebars are assembled as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The anchor isadapted to be shipped or transported in this condition, whereby theanchor may be readily driven into the soil, by any inexperienced person,without the necessity of assembling the parts of the anchor, unless theyhave been detached.

To embed or implant the anchor in the soil, the anchor bar 1 is driveninto the soil, at the position desired, by striking the upper end of theanchor bar 1 with a sledge or other suitable implement, the locking orkey bar 5 being carried into the soil with the anchor bar 1, due to thefact that the lower end of the bar 5 is engaged behind the tongue 2 andwithin the opening at of the bar 1, and due to the fact that the wire orlocking means 7 is not released, until the bars have been properlydriven into the soil. Then, when the anchor bar 1 has been drivensufliciently into the soil, with its upper end protruding, the holdingor retaining wire 7 is removed, the upper portion of the bar 5 thenbeing held against the side of the bar 1, due to the engagement of thebar 1 with the soil. The bar 5 is then driven downwardly along theanchor bar 1, this being readily accomplished due to the upperprojecting end of the bar 5, and which will result in the lower endportion 8 of the bar 5 being deflected laterally through the opening i,to form a hook or claw 9 engaging the soil in such a manner as to lockthe an chor bar 1 in place, to prevent its withdrawal or disengagementfrom the soil. It will be noted that when the bars 1 and 5 areassembled, preparatory to driving, the lower extremity 8 of the bar iscurved slightly, so as to be started into the opening 1, whereby whenthe bar is driven, the lower end portion of the said bar will bedeflected laterally through the opening 4, by the deflecting anvil 3,the lower end of the bar 5 being sharpened, so as to readily enter orpenetrate the subsoil. The lower end portion of the bar 5 is malleable,so as to bend or flex readily due to the engagement of the bar with thedeflecting anvil 3. After the locking bar 5 has been driven inwardly, asillustrated in Fig. *1, to provide the hook 9 engaging the subsoil, toanchor the device tirmly in place, a guy 10 may be engaged through theaperture (3 of the anchor bar 1.

The present anchor may be employed in numerous capacities, such as foranchoring fence posts, telephone and telegraph poles, windmill towers,and the like, to the soil.

It is evident from the foregoing, that the anchor may be embedded orimplanted in the soil, without the necessity of digging a hole toreceive the anchor, as is necessary with anchors now in use. The anchormay also be employed as a spike or nail, when constructed in asufficiently small size, in or der that the device may be driven intowood or other similar material, to anchor therein, the same as resultswhen the device is driven into the soil in the manner above described.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing, the severaladvantages and capabilities of the present device will be obvious tothose versed in the art, and further comment is deemed unnecessary, itbeing noted that the objects aimed at have been carried outsatisfactorily.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed as new is An anchorcomprising a flat rigid anchor bar having a tongue struck therefromadjacent its lower end and forming a deflecting anvil and an openingcooperating with the anvil, a flat locking bar adapted to be drivenalong one side of the anchor bar and having a lower flexible end portionengageable with the said anvil to pass through the said opening.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES WILLIAM EDWARDS.

Witnesses:

H. M. TRACY, EARLE PALMER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

